Oh, how I love Texas

We arrived at around 6:30 PM on Saturday. Just in time to eat! We ate quickly due to the excitement of Payton and Karis to open presents. Me and Deneise now have matching purses. :D Ryan spent the night with Reagan and apparently they stayed up until 3 AM. Shane and Neesie must have been so happy, ;)
Sunday morning we went to church and after ate at Black Eyed Pea where I had the worst Dr. Pepper I've ever drank in my life. Yuck. Afterwards I went with Brandon to his house and talked to LeAnn for a while. At 2 we went bowling. I sucked, but it was still fun. We ate dinner at Neesie's and watched the suckish Cowboy game. So sad!
Monday was just a day of packing up and leaving. I still get to the point of tears every time I leave. That'll probably never change. I miss everyone and everything down there each and every day.

Today I'm going bowling with some friends from church at 2. I should do better than a few people, at least, since I practiced on Sunday.
I don't know how to upload pictures on my dad's computer so I'll have to wait to post them until I'm back at my mom's on Sunday.
With Love,
Cayley :)

Merry Christmas!

Actually, it's the day after, but I didn't wanna get on the computer yesterday because of the reason that it was Christmas. I lucked out this year! Christmas Eve we went over to Mimi and Papa's house with my uncle, his fiancee, and my two cousins to eat and open presents. I got $60 bucks from my grandparents which I added to my iPhone fund and just realized I have $230 dollars which is enough to buy one! WOOHOO!

Christmas Day morning I was at my mom's and having a 6 year old in the house we woke up at 7:30 AM to go downstairs and see what Santa had brought. For Karis: a My Little Pony carousel set. For me and Ryan: ROCKBAND!!!! I think we played for about 3 hours. From Mom and Jay I got a bunch of clothes, The Outsiders book and movie [!], Apples to Apples, and Harry Potter 20 questions, :D

At 2:00 PM, Dad came and picked the 3 of us up to take us to his house. We'll be with him until we go back to school. Karis has been begging for a Nintendo DS since July and Dad sucked it up and got her one. She loves it and hasn't put it down. Ryan got a new basketball goal and him and Dad have been working trying to set it up. For me? I got my first Coach purse! Ah, it's beautiful. I also got a book of Robert Frost's complete works. He's my favorite poet so I'm anxious to crack open the 500 pages of his writing.

Tomorrow morning around 11 we are leaving for Texas! I'm so excited, I packed yesterday. We'll stay til Monday afternoon.

I hope everyone had a safe, happy holiday!

Piano & some tunes

I got home about an hour ago from my friend Megan's house. She gave me a crash course in piano! I'm so excited to actually take lessons. I know the basics and warm up moves, but there's still alot more to learn. Being in choir since 3rd grade has really helped with all the notes and other technicalities. I'm asking for a keyboard for my birthday so I can have something to practice on. Music is such a joy, :)

It's too cold to go outside and I can't drive, so I'm sitting here listening to the greatest band on earth. Coldplay! Ah, so amazing.

Tomorrow's Christmas Eve! I'm going to my Mimi's tomorrow night to open gifts and have fun with the family.

Have a blessed holiday and remember the reason for the season.
With Love,
Cayley :)

Church & Christmas

Yay, Sunday! Since I'm out of school for two and a half weeks I won't see my friends [*tear*] for a while, but it was nice seeing all my friends from church.

4 days til Christmas! I was talking to Jacob today and we both said how it really doesn't feel like Christmastime. It'll probably hit us both Thursday morning, :D

Anywho, I'm so excited for Christmas; especially for Texas! I'm counting down the days until we leave.

With Love,
Cayley :)

Back to school...finally!

After 3 snow days, we finally got to go back to school. Finals were postponed until after Christmas break, so that gives me more time to study!

I'm going to Texas to see the family on the 27th! I think we're only gonna be able to stay 3 days because Ryan has basketball practice :( Oh well, at least I'm going! Seeing everyone will be the highlight of my Christmas break. Brandon & I will have to go out and cause some havoc! :D

Hopefully I'll get to hang out with friends over the break so I won't miss them all too terribly. Ryan's birthday is on the 2nd of January so we'll be celebrating that as well. My mom is having surgery on the 5th. Her ankle has still been bugging her since her accident last August. Apparently some of her bone splintered off when she slammed her foot on the brake. Yet they just now figured out that she's been walking around with a broken ankle for over a year! Sometimes these doctors confuse me. Keep her in your prayers for me, :) Hope everyone is safe, happy, and WARM!

With Love,
Cayley :)

Ice Day-Part 2

Boring. That describes the day I had. I studied, did laundry, washed dishes, and studied some more. I really hope I go back to school tomorrow. So far, no news; stuff can still happen overnight. I guess I'll just wait til morning...
Christmas is just around the corner! I'm so excited! This year's gone by so fast...I can still remember the details of last Christmas. Gosh, 3 more months and I'll be 15. I leave for college in 3 years! Dang, that's not long at all. Well, right now I'm going to enjoy the time I have, and make the most of it! Enough of the sob story. Hope everyone's week is going well. Stay warm!
With Love,
Cayley :)

Ice Day!

Last night we got a nice thick layer of sleet and ice come down and the result was that there was no school today! And the news just came on and said it's cancelled for tomorrow as well. This a bittersweet thing for me. Don't get me wrong, I love sleeping in and not having to catch the bus early in the morning, but finals start on Thursday and it doesn't give me much time to review. I actually studied yesterday for an hour and reviewed a bunch today. I'm hoping this doesn't interfere with all that going on. Karis is ecstatic! She just runs around the house trying to cause havoc. Haha, I love her. I did get all 7 of my gifts wrapped and cards written out. Only 10 days til Christmas!
With Love,
Cayley :)